The township of Plimmerton surrounds one of the more congenial beaches in the northwest part of the Wellington urban area in New Zealand. Its recent census population (including Hongoeka Bay) was 2055, with not much scope for growth without spoiling the environment. Porirua is a city in New Zealand, 20 km north of Wellington. ... Pukerua Bay is a small sea-side community at the southern end of the Kapiti Coast, New Zealand. ... Camborne, New Zealand, is a hilltop and seaside suburb of Porirua City developed over a 35-year period from the 1960s, initially by an investment company headed by a Mr Arthur Cornish. ... Paremata is a suburb of Porirua city, on the Tasman Sea coast to the north of Wellington, New Zealand. ... Porirua Harbour is a natural inlet in the southestern coast of the North Island of New Zealand. ... Porirua Harbour is a natural inlet in the southestern coast of the North Island of New Zealand. ... A view of from the summit of Mount Victoria, Wellington - Cook Strait stretches to the right (west). ... 90 mile beach Australia A beach or strand is a geological formation consisting of loose rock particles such as sand, shingle, cobble, or even shell along the shoreline of a body of water. ... Wellington (Te Whanganui-a-Tara or Poneke) is the capital city of New Zealand, the countrys second-largest urban area and the most populous national capital city in Oceania. ...

History

The area was first settled by Maori early in their occupation of New Zealand, and a major pa, Taupo Pa, was sited nearby. Te Puni, Māori Chief Māori is the name of the indigenous people of New Zealand, and their language. ... Pa, Maori word meaning a fortified village or redoubt, described at length in Maori Wars. ...

In the 1840s it was the home of Te Rauparaha, who was captured here by the British in 1846. Near the southern end of Motuhara Road, a tiny historic reserve contains a cabbage tree that may be descended from the one he was said to have been captured near, and a plaque and landscaped area add to the significance of the spot. // Events and Trends Technology First use of anaesthesia in an operation, by Crawford Long War, peace and politics First signing of the Treaty of Waitangi (Te Tiriti o Waitangi) on February 6, 1840 at Waitangi New Zealand. ... Te Rauparaha (1760s?-1849) was a Maori Chief and War Leader of the Ngati Toa tribe who took a leading part in the Musket Wars. ... 1846 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Binomial name Cordyline australis (Forst. ...

The original laying-out of streets and naming was done for the railway company that had taken over from the Government in pushing a rail link from the capital, Wellington, to Palmerston North. Several towns were established along the way to encourage settlements that would contribute to the line's business. John Plimmer was a director. Palmerston North is a city in the Manawatu-Wanganui region of the North Island of New Zealand. ...

By the late 1890s Plimmerton had become a popular holiday destination. The 1890s were sometimes referred to as the Mauve Decade, because William Henry Perkins aniline dye allowed the widespread use of that colour in fashion, and also as the Gay Nineties, under the then-current usage of the word gay which referred simply to merriment and frivolity, with no...

For a long time a separate county town in the Hutt County, on 1 April 1973 the still-growing area became one of the northern suburbs of Porirua. Though small, it was one of the most lively. For a time it had the only active Residents' Association in the city. April 1 is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 274 days remaining. ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... Porirua is a city in New Zealand, 20 km north of Wellington. ...

Localities

The largely Maori (Ngati Toa) settlement at Hongoeka Bay to the northwest is part of Plimmerton for most practical social purposes. Mai i Miria te kakara ki Whitireia, Whakawhiti te moana Raukawa ki Wairau ki Whakatū, Te Waka Tainui. ...

North of the industrial area is the Taupo Swamp, a flax swamp, one of the largest of its type in the southern half of the North Island. Binomial name Phormium tenax New Zealand Flax (Phormium tenax), known as Harakeke by New Zealand Maori for many centuries, was and still is one of the most versatile plants in the world. ... The North Island is one of the two main islands of New Zealand, the other being the South Island. ...

State-High Way One, also known as St Andrews Drive seperates Plimmerton and the late-20th-century suburb of Camborne.

The main shopping area (about two blocks long) adjoins a busy railway station (the terminus for many peak-period trains from Wellington) and contains two churches, a medical centre, Plunket rooms, a craft shop, a beauty salon, a realtor, and a disproportionately large number and variety of popular eateries. School, kindergarten, and tennis courts are close. Historic buildings abound. The Royal New Zealand Plunket Society is an incorporated society which provides a range of health services to healthy babies and young children. ...

Southwest of the commercial centre is a fairly sheltered, gently graded beach, which has been a popular recreation area for over a century. The adjoining water is popular with windsurfers; some world champions have trained there. Another popular beach is Karehana Bay, at the foot of the Airlie Road/Cluny Road valley northwest of the main built-up area. Poet Denis Glover once wrote about the settlement: "In Plimmerton, in Plimmerton, the little penguins play, and I have seen an albatross at Karehana Bay". Genera Aptenodytes Eudyptes Eudyptula Megadyptes Pygoscelis Spheniscus Penguins (order Sphenisciformes, family Spheniscidae) are an order of flightless birds living in the southern hemisphere. ... Genera Diomedea Thalassarche Phoebastria Phoebetria The albatrosses are seabirds in the family Diomedeidae, which is closely allied to the procellarids, storm-petrels and diving-petrels in the order Procellariiformes (the tubenoses). ...

External link

Plimmerton and Camborne - categorised profiled websites